Chapter 245: Kick-off at noon

After Leeds City won the match against Manchester Athletic, the pressure came to the Stan Park Rangers.
But even on the away game, playing a team like Burleigh is not too difficult for the Stan Park Rangers.
In the end, they defeated Burley 2:1 in the drizzle and continued to maintain a four-point advantage over Leeds.
There are four rounds left in the league, and the Stan Park Rangers are getting closer and closer to defending their title.
Of course, they have to beat Manchester Athletic on the road first.
Manchester Sports, who lost in this round, may not let them go so easily.
At the same time, due to the fourth place in the league, Tramed defeated Holt 3-0 in the away game in this round of the league. Now Manchester Sports are only two points ahead of their rivals Tramed in the same city.
Although Manchester Athletic has locked in advance to qualify for the Champions League next season, if they are finally overtaken by Tramed and fall from third in the league to fourth in the league, then they will have to play in the UEFA Champions League next season. The preparation time is shorter than the third in the league, which has a great influence on the team's pre-season training.
At the same time, being overtaken by a deadly enemy in the same city, this is not good on the face...
So Manchester Sports, who lost to Leeds away at home, will definitely go all out after returning to home.
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In the thirty-fifth round of the league, Leeds City's game is still played first.
They challenged Boscomb away, this is a relegation team-so far, Boscomb ranked 18th with 28 points, third from the bottom, just in the relegation zone.
At the same time, they are three points away from the 17th and 16th teams in the league.
It's just one game.
This means that Boscombe will definitely fight Leeds at his home court.
Generally speaking, the closer to the final stage of the league, the harder it is to play this kind of relegation team, which is often harder to play than the championship team.
After all, people fight to survive.
On this point, Leeds must know better than everyone else, because they were such a relegation team last season.
Stan Park Rangers also hope that Boscombe can stop Leeds City from advancing.
And there is one good thing that is considered positive, that is, the game kicked off at 12:30 noon.
Although it has become a habit that almost every round of the Premier League will have a game played at noon, no coach of a team would think that the game is a good idea at this time.
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In the live broadcast, strong sunlight shone on the seats in the stands opposite the camera. In the overexposed shots, the stands that were originally filled with Boscombe fans wearing red jerseys turned pale.
Seeing this scene, Xie Lan pointed to the TV screen and asked her husband Hu Lixin next to him: "What time is it in the UK?"
Hu Lixin glanced at the clock on the wall: nineteen forty-four.
"Twelve to forty-four."
"Noon?" Xie Lan frowned, "Wouldn't it be right to play the game without eating?"
"You still have to eat, but you must not eat much. After all, it is not conducive to the game if you are full..." Hu Lixin explained.
"What should I do if I get hungry?"
"The intermission will replenish energy."
"I always feel that this is not a time for a serious game..." Xie Lan frowned and murmured.
Hu Lixin was amused when she heard her saying this: "You are right, it is really not a time for a serious game. After all, it is time for lunch."
"Then why should it be arranged at this time?"
"Not to take care of Asian audiences like us." Hu Lixin explained. "Although the Premier League matches are earlier than La Liga time, they are not so early. It is because of the TV broadcast. In order to facilitate the audience in the Asian region to watch the matches, a large number of matches are arranged at noon and afternoon..."
Xie Lan interrupted Hu Lixin's words: "Why do you have to take care of Asian audiences?"
"Because the British used to have many colonies here and they have a great influence. So of course, we have to take care of the audience here-football is also a way to deepen the British influence on the colonies, and it is a very good way. Look at 12 o'clock noon. For half of the game, we are here at 7:30 in the evening, which happens to be the prime time. You don’t need to stay up late to watch the game. Of course, you can attract more people to watch. Why La Liga has been unable to gain influence before? It’s not because of their game time. It's too late, it's two or three in the morning at every turn..."
Xie Lan nodded, she felt that her husband was right. Over the past year or so, she rarely has the experience of watching her son's game in the second half of the night. Most of the time, it was like today, during the prime time of the night.
But watching football by myself, how does it feel like when my son kicks it?
They must eat very early, and they can’t get enough to eat. Noon is the hottest time of the day... In such a time period, what level can they play?
She turned her gaze to the TV screen again. The game has been running for fourteen minutes and the score is 0:0.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, Xie Lan always feels that the players are listless when they play on the court, just like crops that have been sunburned...
Hu Lixin knew what his wife was worried about, and he comforted: "In fact, there is nothing to worry about. You think so-the game at noon is not good for Leeds, but Bournemouth may not be able to adapt. So the game Time has the same effect on both teams."
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"Kick-off at 12:30 and the team meeting at ten o'clock... I really want to thank the Premier League for not arranging the game in the morning, otherwise our team meeting will be moved to early morning..." Sam Randyle looked at the game in front of him and sneered.
Clark heard him say this and smiled: "I thought you were used to it. This season, we are often arranged in the afternoon."
He was right. Because of Hu Lai, there are indeed many games in Leeds this season that are scheduled to take place in the afternoon, and there are also games that kick-off at 12:30 noon.
Everyone knows that this is to take care of the Chinese audience and make it easier for them to see the performance of their national football heroes. TV broadcasting pursues the highest ratings, of course, it is impossible to put such a big piece of cake without eating it.
"That's different, Tony." Randyll shook his head. "The previous game didn't matter. But now is the crucial moment in our championship. I don't want some off-court factors to affect the team..."
"I don't think it matters, Sam. Fortunately for Hu, we have had many afternoon games this season, and the players will definitely be more comfortable with this time period than the Boscombe players. You can see Hu just behave. Was it very positive?" Clark looked at Hu Lai on the court and said.
In his eyes, Hu Lai was actively running back and forth under the scorching sun, raising his hands to his teammates for the ball.
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Hu Lai seemed very comfortable with playing the game at noon, because he was still running on the court during this time, which reminded him of his high school years.
During that time, he would receive special training from coach Li Ziqiang in the empty stadium of the school every noon.
Under the scorching sun, I watered my head with tap water, and the wet hair quickly dried out. The artificial turf on the school court is hot to the touch, and you have to get up quickly if you fall to the ground, or you will feel uncomfortable.
At first there was no one on the court, only him and the coach.
Later, with more and more teammates, everyone joined in, and it formed a scale. In the end, the whole team gathered on the court for training. This was initially just a special training period for Hu Lai, and it became the tradition of the entire Dongchuan Middle School...
It is said that the football team of Dongchuan Middle School still conducts training at noon.
So what's wrong with the kick-off at 12:30?
No, that's right!
Playing football in this time period, Hu Lai felt like he was revisiting the old place, returning to the high school era.
His body has formed muscle memory for this period of time.
Having said that, I really want to thank Li Ziqiang, the coach of his high school team again...
Many of the trainings he carried out on himself have become valuable assets. From the high school age to the professional age, Hu Lai has benefited himself to this day.
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When Leeds City’s right back Josh Lawler was holding the ball from the wing, Boscombe’s center back Roy McCadre noticed that Hu Lai suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the goal, so he immediately Also started to pounce forward and got stuck between Hu Lai's and goal.
Josh Lawler passed the football to Charlie Porter, who was inserted along the sideline.
McCadry quickly turned his head to look for Hu Lai, and he saw Hu Lai turning back halfway and pulling to the outside. He wanted to get rid of himself!
McCadre also moved out immediately, stuck in the path of the football to Hulai.
At the same time he looked to the wing again, and Charlie Potter kicked and crossed.
The Northern Irish player looked back to confirm Hulai's position for the third time, but this time he saw nothing!
Hu Lai disappeared from under his nose!
McCadry was shocked, and then turned to look in the other direction-inside!
I saw the leaping Hu Lai with his arms spread out to maintain balance, shaking his head and pushing the flying football towards the goal!
"Hu Lai header!!"
A little bit outside of Hulay, McCadre turned his head to watch his goalkeeper teammate Pierce Thompson rise into the air, stretched his arm backwards, and tried to fish out the football...
But he didn't do it!
He didn't touch the ball!
In the huge noise, the football flies to the goal!
"Huuuuuuuuuuuu-he scored four consecutive games. When the team needed the goal most, the full-fire Hu Lai returned in the first half!!"
In Matthew Cox's call, Hulay, who had scored the goal, turned back to confirm after landing, and then opened his arms and ran towards Charlie Porter, who was passing the ball for him.
"The Eastern spell is working again~EbookFREE.me~Charlie! Congratulations to the league for assists in double figures!" He hugged Potter hard.
Potter smiled happily.
"Fortunately I listened to you, Hu! I didn't remove my tattoo...Haha! Be myself!"
"Yes, be yourself, Charlie!"
Williams, who ran up to celebrate the goal, heard the conversation between the two people, hesitated for a moment, and finally slowed down, and did not immediately pounce on the two people-he didn't want to be with these two idiots...
But behind him, excited teammates rushed up and slammed him into Charlie and Hulay. Then they hugged tightly and squeezed into a ball, so that Williams couldn't get away even if he wanted to.
He can only be forced to join these two "idiots" and celebrate the goal together...
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